Box and package handle



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BOX :AND PACKAGE HANDLE Filed Nov. 13., 1944 Z'Sheets-Sheet 2 4 IN VENTOR. W1; 0m Way/77am Patented Jan. 11, 1949 iJITED STATES PATENT OFFICEBOX AND PACKAGE HANDLE William Trogman, Chicago, 111.

Application November 13, 1944, Serial No. 563,167

1 Claim.

This invention relates to certain new and use ful improvements in boxand package handles and has for its principal object the provision of animproved construction of this character which will be highly eificientin use and economical in manufacture.

An important object of my invention is the provision of a one-piecehandle having a finger guard which serves to provide a substantialbearing face engageable with the fingers of the hand with the resultthat the handle is prevented from injuring the hand as would otherwiseresult by use of a handle in which the narrow edge bears against thefingers during the carrying of the box or package.

Another equally important object of the invention is the provision of asimple and convenient arrangement for detachably connecting the handleto the box or package.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a handlewhich is constructed from a single sheet of material.

Yet another object of this invention is the provision of a combinedhandle and box latch, a handle and box latch especially designed for usein connection with foldable boxes such as is shown and described in myapplication Serial No. 446,066, filed June 6, 1942, now matured intoPatent No. 2,344,009.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box showing my combined handle andlatch associated therewith;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the handle and latch embodied in my invention;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of the same taken substantially online 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. at is a perspective View of a handle showing a modified form ofconstruction; and

Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.

The drawings illustrate the preferred form of construction by which theseveral objects of my invention are accomplished. In the connection,reference being had particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, the handlecomprises an elongated bar 50 formed of such material as will best servethe purpose. At opposite end portions of this bar are tabs H. Each ofthese tabs are split as at l2 to provide tab portions l3 and M which areto be bent in opposite direction when associated with a box in themanner hereinafter set forth. As shown the tab portion I3 is of agreater area than that of the portion 14 and the score 15 thereof ispreferably heavier than that of the score of the tab M. The arrangementbeing such that as it is desirable to bend the tab portion l3 toward theedge defining the open side of the box cover it is well to provide amplebearing surface between the tab portion I3 and the box to preventrupturing of the box material. The heavy score is desirable so as toprevent a sharp bend as distinguished from a round one.

The ends l6 of the bar project slightly beyond the tab portion ll. Thisprovides bearing surfaces at the opposite ends of the bar 10 and thebox.

Formed integrally with the bar l0, intermediate the opposite endsthereof, is a neck l6. Extending upwardly from this neck I6 is a handleportion IT. This handle portion may be of any desirable shape and formedof such material as will best serve the purpose. It is provided with acutout l8 through which the fingers of the hand are projected whengrasping the handle l'l.

A finger guard I9 is provided. The guard i9 is connected to theintermediate or bight portion of the handle portion I! by means of atongue 20. At opposite ends of the guard there are provided extensionsor fingers 2| which limit the movement of the guard with respect to thehandle portion [1.

The combined handle'and latch is associated with a box 20' of the typeshown in my Patent No. 2,102,497, dated December 14, 1937. This association is brought about by passing the handle portion I! through theslot 22 formed in a wall of the bottom of the box and through a cut-out23 formed in the wall 24 of the cover 25 of the box. In the wall of thebottom of the box, adjacent the wall 24 of the cover 25, and in the wall24 are provided aligned slots 26' through which the tabs II areprojected with the bar Ill positioned beneath the wall of the bottom orthe box. The tab portions are then bent to flatly engage the wall 24with the tab portion [3 bent opposite to the tab portion [4 and in adirection toward the edge of the cover defining the opening of the box.

With the handle then in place the user now positions the finger guard inplace. This is accomplished by first bending the guard [9 from itsposition flush with the handle portion ll. The guard is then turned to ahorizontal position as shown in Fig.3, into engagement witth the edge 26of the handle portion l1, and with the finger k semen: with the adjacentside of the handle portion ii. In this position of the guard, the tongue2a; will be slightly buckled to permit the guard to flatly engage theedge 26. In its horizontal position the guard serves to protool; thehandle and to make the carrying of the box more comfortable to thecarrier.

To complete this handle and latch I provide intermediate score lines 2'5which permit the upper portiorr-hof-the handle to be. bent at rightangle with. respect to the lower portion thereof to facilitate storageof the handle and the box. To facilitate shipping the box with thehandle attached the handle may be bent on score line '28 2 upon the topwall 2%.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated annodified form of constructionwhich will. now. be dee scribed.

The handle 29, as illustrated in Figs. i an-dfi is formed from a singlesheet of material and cornprisesz-oppositev limb portions: dilrand'ianinterr diate portion 315 As in the case of-the-ihandle illustratedainFigs- 1 to B-inclnsive the handiefiiii comprisesla finger guard 32 ofza.construct-ion similar? to: therfingei guard: it similar parts thereofbeing: designated? by sin'iilar: reference characters;

Thewli mbnortions :Miare bent back: upon: themselves; tOuDI'OViCIS'alignedahooirs: M which; are adapted. ito receive "-a :cord orstringcdfi "of 'a-ibo) o.

The limlo -13OIti0hs-3fi are-talso each: provided withhooksdi'atzitsisicle likewise totreceive awcord or string 38 when it.is--rnorerconvenientto ,clorso than tOrhOOkE the cord or; string:-iifithroug hooks- 34:; These" h-ooksw may I her in thef showninithesdrawing-s FOIYJ'SUCh' other form is best serve the purpose.

Either pair. of hooks 34"0P3Tmaybe utilizedsto receive the 'COIdE.OI"string: of"th:e:- box. The-pair of thookssnot zsoahooked: ltozthe cordorastlfing may beused for the: purposesofihaving. small" pack; agesor.therlike suspended 'therefronitr While -:I.- have illustrated anddescrihedzthe prefelred dorm f:construction-for carrying my in? ventioninto"; effect, this: .iscapablewofw variation and modification withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish tobe limited to the precise details of construction set forth. but desireto avail myself of such variations and modifications as come Within thescope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and. desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

Azhandle for a-loox or like article comprising a body having anintermediate portion; a finger guard of elongated formation, a hingeconnection between the guard and the intermediate portion and-adapted tobe flexed in a direction relative to the intermediate portion to permitthe guard to-bemoved to a position beneath the intermediate portion withthe intermediate portion disposed centrally with respect to the oppositelong edges oi the guard, said guard having at opposite ends thereoflaterally extending fingers, said body having oppositely disposednotches formed therein for--thereception of said fingers. when saidguard. is disposed flush with respect, to .the intermediate portion, andsaid fingers adapted :to move from engagement in said-notches when saidguard is moved into a horizontal positionwbeneath the intermediateportion andto engage adjacent portions: of said body to limi-tmovementofrthe guard into said horizontal position beneath saidintermediateportion.

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The following references are'of record in the file of this patent:

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